Trump’s GOP foes weigh politics of auto strike: Fire workers, rally them or keep quiet

Candidates including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessperson Vivek Ramaswamy and former Vice President Mike Pence, have chimed in on the workers’ concerns over President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle push without directly courting the union. But Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley are sticking to harsh rhetoric against the UAW itself as well as Biden’s policies, even as the majority of Americans support the striking autoworkers, and Republican voters are evenly split on the issue. Scott has suggested treating the strikers like Ronald Reagan did when confronting...